IN TOUTING HIS ECOnomic credentials, Bill Clinton boasts that more than 200,000 jobs were created in Arkansas since he first became Governor in 1978. The claim is rightful -- his state is currently No. 1 in job creation. Yet there is a downside to the Arkansas success story. As many as 20% of those new jobs were generated by just one industry: poultry. Big Chicken has become to Arkansas what microchips are to Silicon Valley and autos to Detroit. Arkansas produces 1 billion broilers a year, more than any other state. Poultry is by far the state's dominant employer, providing support...
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